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Originally Posted by RunKC
I think when they hired Spags they needed him to coach the defense up well enough take advantage of a rookie contract window. Mission accomplished.
Everything has changed now that Patrick got his mega deal. Everything is harder.
But I think there’s things everyone can agree on:
-The LB duo of Gay/Bolton is as good as we’ve seen from the team in a long time
-The secondary minus maybe Thornhill looks significantly better than last year and Spags is good at finding quality cheap corners.
-Karlaftis is flashing but is only 21. Looks like a solid player at worst moving forward.
If we can get the pass rush buffed up from the DL next year I think that changes the entire defense
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This is what some of the professional analysts were saying before the season started. The DL was going to be weak against the run and needed to upgrade from Nnadi and get a real run-stuffing DT. The other thing was to improve the pass rush, probably through FA because KC couldn't draft high enough to get a real top-third EDGE. The result this year was going to be a Dl that was weak vs. the run (somehow we avoided that mostly) and an average pass rush. Those people thought Spags would use his blitz schemes to shore up the pass rush until he could try and get some new players next season.